Dr. Marcello Puligheddu

Former Graduate Student

Education

• Ph.D. in Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago, USA (2020)
• M.Sc. in Physics, University of Cagliari, Italy (2014)
• B.Sc. in Physics, University of Cagliari, Italy (2012)

Professional Affiliations

• American Physical Society (APS)

Areas of Interest

• Molecular Dynamics simulations of thermal transport
• Effect of interfaces in thermal transport
• Thermoelectric materials

Experience

• 2020 - present, Postdoctoral Scholar, Argonne National Laboratory
• 2015 - 2020, Graduate Student, Pritzker School of Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago
• 2014 - 2015, Non-degree visiting student, Institute for Molecular Engineering, University of Chicago

Publications

• Marcello Puligheddu and Giulia Galli
  Atomistic simulations of the thermal conductivity of liquids
  Phys. Rev. Materials 4, 0538019 (2019)
• Marcello Puligheddu*, Yi Xia*, Maria Chan, and Giulia Galli
  Computational prediction of lattice thermal conductivity: A comparison of molecular dynamics and Boltzmann transport approaches
  Phys. Rev. Materials 3, 085401 (2019)
• Marcello Puligheddu, François Gygi, and Giulia Galli
  First-principles simulations of heat transport
  Phys. Rev. Materials 1, 060802(R) (2017)
• Konstanze R. Hahn, Marcello Puligheddu, and Luciano Colombo
  Thermal boundary resistance at Si/Ge interfaces determined by approach-to-equilibrium molecular dynamics simulations
  Phys. Rev. B. 91, 195313 (2015)